STOCK WATCH

THE world’s first graphene enhanced road is now being built, which has driven up shares in materials company Directa Plus.

The business, which makes products containing tiny particles of graphene, is one of the companies which has helped to create Ecopave asphalt to resurface a road in Rome.

Directa Plus ended yesterday up 75pc, or 30p, at 70p, as its chief executive Giulio Cesareo decided to buy £14,520 worth of shares.